Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

**dafydd manton** · 01-23-2009, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by oopsycandy

Hello all

ok I'm 29 female and in the midlands in England. I've always always loved to read about pretty much everything so am looking forward to spending time here x
Daffyd I studied Of mice and men in school (a few years ago and badly mind

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I have to confess that much as I love Steinbeck, he makes me feel uncomfortable a lot of the time, so I don't read as much of it as I should. I think that it's too close to reality to be treated as fiction, even if it is. (Sounds a bit convoluted, that, but I hope you know what I mean). As I get older, now 54, I'm getting more into poetry. It won't be long before I'm wearing flowing clothes, carrying a daffodil and quoting huge chunks of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".

**Pensive** · 01-25-2009, 06:42 AM

Welcome to litnet, all!

Originally Posted by dafydd manton

I have to confess that much as I love Steinbeck, he makes me feel uncomfortable a lot of the time, so I don't read as much of it as I should. I think that it's too close to reality to be treated as fiction, even if it is. (Sounds a bit convoluted, that, but I hope you know what I mean). As I get older, now 54, I'm getting more into poetry. It won't be long before I'm wearing flowing clothes, carrying a daffodil and quoting huge chunks of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".

First of all, welcome to the forum! And I can understand what you mean by 'feeling uncomfortable' while reading Steinbeck's works. But I don't see why anything close to reality shouldn't be treated as fiction. Fantasy, no. But fiction, yes.

**Thesemindz** · 01-25-2009, 01:49 PM

Hello everyone, I'm new to this site. I've always enjoyed writing poetry and prose and have recently been writing alot of short one to three page stories. I was looking for a place online to begin publishing them so I started a blogspot blog called "Created Writings" where I've been publishing my literature. I also looked around for a place where I could share my work and find work by other authors and this seemed like the site which was most relevant to my concerns.

I'm looking forward to spending some time on this site.

-Rob

**Alialiac** · 01-25-2009, 05:01 PM

This seems like a good place to talk to others about the written world. It's wild to have forums like this to talk to other people who actually read and even like to talk about it. This should be a good experience. It's nice to be with your own kind sometimes.

**dlavergne** · 01-26-2009, 12:20 AM

Hello everyone. I just now registered. I will be using O. Henry's short stories in my ESL listening class at Namseoul University in South Korea. I will be interested in locating some quizzes on O. Henry's short stories.

**Miray** · 01-26-2009, 08:51 AM

Hello everyone! I am Miray from Turkey. I study English language and literature at University of Kocaeli in Turkey. I have been looking for some websites that will be useful at my studies and have found this forum at last. I hope that I will have some help from you all when I need it

Thank you...

**kiz_paws** · 01-26-2009, 11:26 AM

Welcome one and all!

**MissyRobbins** · 01-26-2009, 11:56 AM

I'm very pleased to have found this site. It's nice to have a place to meet aspiring writers. Thanks for having me and have a blessed day.

**Tsuyoiko** · 01-27-2009, 11:06 AM

Hello

I was searching for somewhere I could share my love of Russian literature and came across this site. I'm currently reading Anna Karenina, but I'm more of a Dostoevsky fan

**Alibeg** · 01-27-2009, 02:57 PM

Hi everyone.
"There must be a place where people who read lots of books gather, right?", that's what I thought. Well, I came on this forum (after I stumbled upon it) to find out how do different people (who read books) look on life in general, and maybe to exchange couple of words with them.

**GX4146** · 01-27-2009, 11:33 PM

Hi.....

**Mouse** · 01-28-2009, 03:02 AM

Howdy all. I'm a business writer and also currently attending college - English major. I love writing and reading (of course) and since I don't really have anybody outside of my classes that are interested in literature, this seems like a very nice place for me to be.

**Alan kikani** · 01-29-2009, 08:01 AM

Hello everybody,
My name is Alan , now I live in Syria , the country where I was born ,
my native language is Kurdish , bowever , my education language is Arabic .
I am inrerested in literature .
beside my work as a doctor , I read poetry , short stories , and novels in English, Arabic, and Kurdish

**Nseriez** · 01-29-2009, 09:47 AM

Hey poets n poetry loverz. My name is costas. I work partime 4 nokia in kenya n i love poetry. No other way best expresses ur heart feelingz like poetry. N thats y am here. 2 learn and make friends. Thanks guyz i hope am welcome

**salman** · 01-29-2009, 10:36 AM

hi,
my name is mohammad salman siddiqui and i am from lahore pakistan. i am doing my batchelors in political science as a major subject and history and english literature as an allied subject. ih hope that i will get lot of information from here.
friends, i need text of story "phantum palace" by iezabell alland please if anyone find he or she can send me on my email. i shall be very thankfull.
salman.siddiqui91@gmail.com